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Oil Up Over 2%, Gold Trades Higher On Rising Tensions In Middle East
(Photo: Marwan Naamani)AFP via Getty Images Oil futures reversed their declining trend while gold prices rose on Wednesday following an overnight escalation of hostilities in the Middle East. That's after terrorist outfit Hamas said its political …